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i know angela merkel spoke to vladimir putin ta told him they needed to do something. >> they are doing absolutely nothing good and everything bad. and as you said last week in geneva there was an off-ramp offered to the russian federation. this was a chance for them to put their actions behind their words. and the agreement outlined very concretely some initial steps towards deescalation, and the ukrainian government snapped in to action immediately, took many steps within 24 hours, they introduced a new amnesty law in the parliament, the prime minister made public commitments to open transparent constitutional reform process. we made public reassurance to russian speaking your next questionians, and made pressure on those remains on the mie done to pull down barricades and open up the streets, and the russians have done nothing. >> and talking about what the russians are saying and doing, russi rush foreign minister said . . . that's the russian narrative, that what they are trying to do is a peace keeping mission, because russians and pro-russian people are suffering at the hands of
i know angela merkel spoke to vladimir putin ta told him they needed to do something. >> they are doing absolutely nothing good and everything bad. and as you said last week in geneva there was an off-ramp offered to the russian federation. this was a chance for them to put their actions behind their words. and the agreement outlined very concretely some initial steps towards deescalation, and the ukrainian government snapped in to action immediately, took many steps within 24 hours, they...
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merkel's comments came after president barack obama spoke to leaders of france, italy, and the united kingdom to support a new wave of sanctions against moscow. inwill hear more about that our next segment of "the washington journal" this morning." another story out of "the washington post" this morning. the company faces probes over .ortgage security it negotiates a multibillion-dollar settlement a deal may suppress the $13 billion that jpmorgan chase pay to the government last year. the justice department made an initial offer of $20 billion, resulting in several investigations. the bank rejected that offer and has yet to counter those people that are not allowed to speak publicly. if you want to read more about hingtonpost.com. rick is in erwin, tennessee. thank you for calling. caller: i was listening and the comparison between san francisco and houston came up. disingenuousty comparison. houston is out in the middle of the desert. san francisco has nowhere else to go but up. they have to start tearing down some old victorians. whether this person was evidently just wanted to comp
merkel's comments came after president barack obama spoke to leaders of france, italy, and the united kingdom to support a new wave of sanctions against moscow. inwill hear more about that our next segment of "the washington journal" this morning." another story out of "the washington post" this morning. the company faces probes over .ortgage security it negotiates a multibillion-dollar settlement a deal may suppress the $13 billion that jpmorgan chase pay to the...
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merkel favors expanding the assets freezes already imposed on vladimir putin's inner sir welcome but the u.s. wants more. while continuing his tour of asia, president barack obama called for tougher economic sanctions on russia. >> what's also important is laying the ground work so that if and when we see even greater escalation, perhaps even military incursion by russia into ukraine, that we're prepared for the sort of sanctions that would have even larger consequences. >> russia's economy has already been affected by the existing sanctions. now moscow faces added pressure. >> now, hundreds of thousands, possibly even millions of catholic mill grims are making their way to rome today or may be already there. they're will there to witness sunday's historic double cannonization of two popes in one ceremony. they are two towering figures of the 20th century, john the 23rd and john paul ii, who will be confirmed as saints by the current pontiff, pope francis. and it was announced just a short while ago that the retired pope benedict the 16th will also be attending tomorrow's ceremony. >
merkel favors expanding the assets freezes already imposed on vladimir putin's inner sir welcome but the u.s. wants more. while continuing his tour of asia, president barack obama called for tougher economic sanctions on russia. >> what's also important is laying the ground work so that if and when we see even greater escalation, perhaps even military incursion by russia into ukraine, that we're prepared for the sort of sanctions that would have even larger consequences. >> russia's...
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the big question is going to be whether european allies like angela merkel, the german chancellor, they say they're mathewing forward with their own sanctions. but they've said it before and they weren't tough sanctions. so the president when he gets back to washington tuesday night, within a couple of days, he'll be sitting down at the white house with merkel who will be in washington. ukraine, front and center here in asia and will be as soon as he gets back to washington. >> angela merkel, very much a key player there. ed, thank you very much for that report. we'll tell you more about the growing crisis in ukraine. the u.s. and other world powers standing together vowing to impose new sanctions on russia and its supporters in eastern ukraine, possibly as ed henry reported as soon as monday. this as secretary of state john kerry is urging his russian counterpart to help support an effort to free a group of military observers being held by pro-russian separatists in ukraine. leland is donetsk with more. >> it's been more than 24 hours since those international observers were taken and
the big question is going to be whether european allies like angela merkel, the german chancellor, they say they're mathewing forward with their own sanctions. but they've said it before and they weren't tough sanctions. so the president when he gets back to washington tuesday night, within a couple of days, he'll be sitting down at the white house with merkel who will be in washington. ukraine, front and center here in asia and will be as soon as he gets back to washington. >> angela...
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meeting with her polish counterpart, german chairman angela merkel said russia is not doing enough to de-escalate the crisis. >> i am absolutely convinced that russia has the power or could have the power to get the ukrainest and eastern to join a peaceful process of dialogue and reparation for elections but so far moscow has not even given those signals. russian economy is already suffering from the sanctions that have been imposed. now the pressure looks set to increase. >> moving onto other news, slovenia's governing coalition is on the brink of collapse after just 13 months in office. members of the ruling positive slovenia party have voted to oust the prime minister and replace her with the party founder. to hand in her resignation. coalition partners say they government led by the party leader. they are calling for new elections. hundreds of thousands of doldrums are making their way to rome to witness the historic -- athletic pilgrims -- catholic pilgrims are making their way to rome to witness the historic canonization of two saints. >> anticipation is building in rome and so
meeting with her polish counterpart, german chairman angela merkel said russia is not doing enough to de-escalate the crisis. >> i am absolutely convinced that russia has the power or could have the power to get the ukrainest and eastern to join a peaceful process of dialogue and reparation for elections but so far moscow has not even given those signals. russian economy is already suffering from the sanctions that have been imposed. now the pressure looks set to increase. >> moving...
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he gets back to washington late tuesday and later in the week will be meeting with merkel, the german chancellor who has been key to the diplomacy. the ukraine situation following him here to asia but will also be front and center when he gets back to washington. >> thank you very much. >> more on the crisis in ukraine which shows no signs of easing. pro-russian separatists are holding a group of observers and accusing them of being spies. he is asking them to try to take steps to free the observers. meanwhile, those sanctions could be slapped on moscow in a couple of days all in an attempt to try to slow down vladimir putin but the 30,000 russian troops are posed on the ukrainian border. >> reporter: all signs in this crisis are digging in and doubling down. the russian separatists are willing to train the international observers they are holding hostage for prisoners from the ukrainian government. the egovernment says they're holding them as human shields. they have not moved in they say due in large part to their fear of heavy civilian causalities if they have to fight house to hou
he gets back to washington late tuesday and later in the week will be meeting with merkel, the german chancellor who has been key to the diplomacy. the ukraine situation following him here to asia but will also be front and center when he gets back to washington. >> thank you very much. >> more on the crisis in ukraine which shows no signs of easing. pro-russian separatists are holding a group of observers and accusing them of being spies. he is asking them to try to take steps to...
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. >> chancellor merkel will be at the white house on friday. last time she was in the states, there was a state dinner in her honor. now she's coming after it was revealed the nsa has been wiretapping her phone. what's the conversation going to be like? dha what's going to be the first thing on the agenda and what's going to be the second thing on the agenda? >> if it's merkel, she definitely wants to get the nsa thing behind them and she'll press on that a lot. but this big transatlantic trade agreement is stalling right now in the congress and the eu. she's certainly going to want to push on that. obama wants to get some sense from her on how far russia will go on russian policies and sanctions. he knows without germany being closely aligned with the american position, the u.s. will be isolated and the policy will be pretty ineffective. >> merkel has a relationship with putin and obama. how does her relations with each man affect their relationship with each other? >> that's a good point. it seems to me has a very bad relationship with putin.
. >> chancellor merkel will be at the white house on friday. last time she was in the states, there was a state dinner in her honor. now she's coming after it was revealed the nsa has been wiretapping her phone. what's the conversation going to be like? dha what's going to be the first thing on the agenda and what's going to be the second thing on the agenda? >> if it's merkel, she definitely wants to get the nsa thing behind them and she'll press on that a lot. but this big...
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angela merkel will be visiting the president at the white house later on in the week. he's not going to get too much of a break once he gets back from that part of the world, natalie. >> doesn't seem like it. we will see you again and the president again in the philippines. we thank you. jim acosta live for us in kuala lumpur. >>> to our viewers in the u.s., we'll now take you to anthony bou bourdain and "parts unknown" already in progress. ♪ ♪ no matter what kind of business you own, at&t business experts can help keep it running... seamlessly. so you can get back to what you love. when everyone and everything works together, business just sings. it's progressive pain. first you have that, that feeling of numbness. then you get the hot pins. it got to the point where i felt like, almost like lightning bolts, hot strikes into my feet. the pain was, it was... i just couldn't handle it, so my doctor prescribed lyrica. the pain has been reduced and i feel better than i did before. [ male announcer ] it's known that diabetes damages nerves. lyrica is fda-approved to tr
angela merkel will be visiting the president at the white house later on in the week. he's not going to get too much of a break once he gets back from that part of the world, natalie. >> doesn't seem like it. we will see you again and the president again in the philippines. we thank you. jim acosta live for us in kuala lumpur. >>> to our viewers in the u.s., we'll now take you to anthony bou bourdain and "parts unknown" already in progress. ♪ ♪ no matter what kind...
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further is the fact that as the german chancellor angela merkel said she thinks putin is divorced from reality. that's a huge danger here. yopg he would make an end run for kiev. however, nato told us he could invade and take over eastern ukraine in three to five days. they are not ready to take on the russian military. we have a piece about all the reasons that putin should not want to go into ukraine, including the fact that the insurgency will cost lives. that doesn't mean putin will be dissuaded from invasion of eastern ukraine for those reasons. >> this is what we learn about putin. he's not a rational, logical guy. he's not thinking about the interests of his own people. he's thinking about the elite. his government, and him staying in power. this is how he's been reasoning. and if you read any of the books about even george w. bush, days of fire, and there's a quote by george w. bush himself who said, you know, i don't understand this guy. he seems like -- i thought that he was a liberator. you know, he's showing a side of him as if he is more and more a dictator. if he takes ea
further is the fact that as the german chancellor angela merkel said she thinks putin is divorced from reality. that's a huge danger here. yopg he would make an end run for kiev. however, nato told us he could invade and take over eastern ukraine in three to five days. they are not ready to take on the russian military. we have a piece about all the reasons that putin should not want to go into ukraine, including the fact that the insurgency will cost lives. that doesn't mean putin will be...
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i think -- i would like to hear what angle a merkel has to say much more than what the obama administration has to say. they're also going along with small targeted sanctions, but the stakes are a lot higher for europeans. russia's strength with europe is ten times russia's strength with the u.s. >> schieffer: he could also cut off the gas. >> he could cut off the gas and that might not seem as much of a problem as we go into spring and summer but come into winter he has the ability to make it very, very cold indeed, especially northern europe. so they, i think, would like to take little baby steps along the way and hope that that will have an impact. they seem to be comfortable with the americans going harder and harsher, but i don't think that that will change putin's calculus. yes, the russian stock market is down. yes, the -- it hasn't changed putin's posture a notch. so it's going to take something of the order of getting russians out of swift which is this interbanking deal that allows banks to trade currencies with each other. if you take russia out of that union, then all of russia'
i think -- i would like to hear what angle a merkel has to say much more than what the obama administration has to say. they're also going along with small targeted sanctions, but the stakes are a lot higher for europeans. russia's strength with europe is ten times russia's strength with the u.s. >> schieffer: he could also cut off the gas. >> he could cut off the gas and that might not seem as much of a problem as we go into spring and summer but come into winter he has the ability...
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of great interest to me because i just read that little quick in the china daily news about angela merkel not letting ping go to the holocaust site because of abe's position, and how much do they really dislake the japanese? >> the cold war line if your attacked by germany and russia, who do you shoot first? the answer was, germany, business before pleasure. not a very nice cold war story. >> ooh! >> that's hard to -- obviously these attitudes go way back and are very deep and action sir bait -- exacerbated by world war ii and nobody has been prepared to tell the entire truth about, forth ruthly in the region so it does have an overhang i think matters quite a lot. it means that the koreans and others are
of great interest to me because i just read that little quick in the china daily news about angela merkel not letting ping go to the holocaust site because of abe's position, and how much do they really dislake the japanese? >> the cold war line if your attacked by germany and russia, who do you shoot first? the answer was, germany, business before pleasure. not a very nice cold war story. >> ooh! >> that's hard to -- obviously these attitudes go way back and are very deep and...
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merkel also voiced concern. the german chancellor held crisis talks with the polish counterpart and spoke on the phone to other western leaders. >> russia has the ability to put the separatist on the peaceful path. debating the constitution and preparing for elections. no indication of them doing that. several former soviet country offered to mediate in the crisis as russia continued to build up its military along ukraine's border. thousands of portuguese turned out to mark the 40th anniversary of the countries carnation revolution. in 1974, a military coup turned into a popular uprising. it paved the way for democracy and portugal which had been ruled by dictators since the 1930's. aftervolution was named the carnations that people stop into the barrels of soldiers guns on that landmark day. that was the week inó?ó?ó?ó?ó?
merkel also voiced concern. the german chancellor held crisis talks with the polish counterpart and spoke on the phone to other western leaders. >> russia has the ability to put the separatist on the peaceful path. debating the constitution and preparing for elections. no indication of them doing that. several former soviet country offered to mediate in the crisis as russia continued to build up its military along ukraine's border. thousands of portuguese turned out to mark the 40th...
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also had the eu in a conference call over the weekend with president obama and merkel of germany, and others. so again, those could be relevant. the eu will follow their samplingses going forward. i mentioned before, targeting the inner circle, the companies, so again obama addressed again, heard from david from obama on his trip again here he is now addressing the sanctions issue. >> we're going to be in a stronger position to deter mr. putin when he sees that the world is unified and the united states and europe is unified ather than this is just a u.s. -russian conflict. >> so again clearly he has the eu on his side as well. today is the date. >> well, and obama in asia a lot of people hearing the word bully as it refers to china but also knowing that it's referring to russia and europe as well. and how that's being perceived by europe. but what's the latest on those european monitors? you said one has been released. >> i'll find out on friday late friday a pro russian separatist group seized the bus and in the bus were the monitors again, what is the osce, the organization for sec
also had the eu in a conference call over the weekend with president obama and merkel of germany, and others. so again, those could be relevant. the eu will follow their samplingses going forward. i mentioned before, targeting the inner circle, the companies, so again obama addressed again, heard from david from obama on his trip again here he is now addressing the sanctions issue. >> we're going to be in a stronger position to deter mr. putin when he sees that the world is unified and...
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good morning angie...it's a packed agenda for president obama and german chancellor angela merkel. the two will meet at the white house on friday. the telegraph reports early this week u.s. and european leaders are expected to reveal an extension to russian sanctions, as the conflict between ukraine and russia escalates. the white house says the sanctions will be targeted on russian individuals and companies. washington has been pushing for tougher economic sanctions on russia, which would have a direct impact on europe. a preliminary report on missing malaysian flight 370 is coming out this week. contents of the report are under wraps, but it's expected to include a safety recommendation for the aviation industry.after nearly two months, the search for the jet has turned up nothing.all leads have hit roadblocks, and a u-s defense official told reuters the search could take years. in today's cover story... college athletes could be one step closer to unionizing... after an historic vote at northwestern university that could allow student athletes to earn more than just thousands of
good morning angie...it's a packed agenda for president obama and german chancellor angela merkel. the two will meet at the white house on friday. the telegraph reports early this week u.s. and european leaders are expected to reveal an extension to russian sanctions, as the conflict between ukraine and russia escalates. the white house says the sanctions will be targeted on russian individuals and companies. washington has been pushing for tougher economic sanctions on russia, which would have...
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sectors that the major corporations with big investments there have so effectively pressured angela merkel and david cameron and other european allies not to grant that? what the president is saying, let's hold those back as the next step in case he actually crosses the border and invades. >> that's what they said last time. if you remember and let's be clear because i know when people say, andrea, sectoral sanctions, they think we're advocating hitting the entire sector. we've been consistent from day one that hitting four of the large banks, especially those that are state owned and hitting gas and not the entire sector but sending the message that we're willing to do that. the president has said for some time he's willing to do that. it hasn't occurred and just in what you mentioned, demonstrates how the red line has changed. if you remember last week, we were going to put sanctions in place to move the troops away from the border. now the sanctions are about them going into eastern ukraine. putin in my opinion doesn't really want to go into eastern ukraine unless he has to do that. he
sectors that the major corporations with big investments there have so effectively pressured angela merkel and david cameron and other european allies not to grant that? what the president is saying, let's hold those back as the next step in case he actually crosses the border and invades. >> that's what they said last time. if you remember and let's be clear because i know when people say, andrea, sectoral sanctions, they think we're advocating hitting the entire sector. we've been...
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angela merkel, the german chancellor, will be at the white house for talks. >>> looks like former governor jeb bush could be making another strategic move as he decides whether he will make a run for the white house in 2016. he'll be meeting with high-profile religious leaders next month, including our next guest, a rising star among southern baptist leaders who brings his own flair and a little pop culture to his preaching. dr. russell moore. great to see you. >> good to be with you, gretchen. >> i've seen some of your sermons. you do bring in pop culture. i think that's great because you are very relatable to all different levels of society. my question is, is your approach sort of a new way forward for christian conservatives? >> i'm not sure how new it is. in some ways i think it is very old. christians have always sought to maintain what jesus told us which is to see the world around us as a mission field and to speak to the people around us with both conviction and with kindness with both grace and with truth, to call sin what it is so that we can call grace what it is. >> so you hav
angela merkel, the german chancellor, will be at the white house for talks. >>> looks like former governor jeb bush could be making another strategic move as he decides whether he will make a run for the white house in 2016. he'll be meeting with high-profile religious leaders next month, including our next guest, a rising star among southern baptist leaders who brings his own flair and a little pop culture to his preaching. dr. russell moore. great to see you. >> good to be with...
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just need my passport stamped." [ light laughter ] and finally, i read that german chancellor angela merkel will travel to the u.s. next month to talk with president obama about the situation in ukraine. and also try to get clooney to change his mind. you can't do that! we have a great show. give it up for the roots everybody. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> jimmy: happy monday everybody! [ cheers and applause ] >> steve: come on, monday! >> jimmy: happy monday. we're happy to be back. we got a big week of shows ahead. tomorrow night diane keaton will be here. that's very cool. [ cheers and applause ] i've never met her before but i wonder if she would play beer pong or something. i'm going to ask her. okay. later in the week we're going to talk with david spade. on thursday spiderman himself andrew garfield is here. >> steve: yeah. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: we have a motorcycle race planned for him. on friday, kevin spacey is dropping by. [ cheers and applause ] have you seen "house of cards?" >> steve: yeah. >> jimmy: you watch it? >> steve: i watch it. >> jimmy: are you onto seaso
just need my passport stamped." [ light laughter ] and finally, i read that german chancellor angela merkel will travel to the u.s. next month to talk with president obama about the situation in ukraine. and also try to get clooney to change his mind. you can't do that! we have a great show. give it up for the roots everybody. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> jimmy: happy monday everybody! [ cheers and applause ] >> steve: come on, monday! >> jimmy: happy monday. we're...
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by the way, german chancellor angela merkel will meet with president obama at the white house later this week. on monday, russia's defense minister assured chuck hagel that russia will not invade ukraine. ukraine's acting president urged lawmakers today in kiev to quickly adopt a new constitution he says could preserve unity. militants continue to hold dozens of hostages, including seven military observers. on monday evening there were violent clashes in donetsk after the militia attacked demonstrators during a unity rally. jim maceda was at that rally and joins us live from donetsk. jim, you have been covering this from the beginning and it appears as though the violence, the tension continues to just escalate. is that a fair assessment? >> reporter: yeah, kristen, i would say that the fair assessment is that this region is always teetering on violence. it's on the edge of anarchy and it could go either way. you referred to the demonstration last night. we were there, as you said. it started out very peacefully in downtown donetsk. this was not a group of neo-nazis as all the russian st
by the way, german chancellor angela merkel will meet with president obama at the white house later this week. on monday, russia's defense minister assured chuck hagel that russia will not invade ukraine. ukraine's acting president urged lawmakers today in kiev to quickly adopt a new constitution he says could preserve unity. militants continue to hold dozens of hostages, including seven military observers. on monday evening there were violent clashes in donetsk after the militia attacked...
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angela merkel will be there shoulder to shoulder not only with president obama, but the leaders of the n.a.t.o. >> while the government moved to implement the geneva agreement, russia has done the opposite. let's listen to that. >> i have to say to you not one single step has been taken by russia in any public way that seriously attempts to lively the spirit or the law of what was assigned in that agreement. in fact, it's fair to say they have escalated the crisis further. >> meanwhile, n.a.t.o. officials are saying there's no indication that russian troops are pulling back from the border. insisting that the defence minister - there'll be no invasion. there'll be destabilising tactics, having it held as a threat. i think that's pretty much where we are. i don't think there is a diplomatic solution, that was negotiated by us and the russians at this point in time. russia made it clear that we made it important. they are there to not only intimidate, but in many ways control eastern, southern ukraine if not the country. they have shown, as in crimea, that they are willing to use militar
angela merkel will be there shoulder to shoulder not only with president obama, but the leaders of the n.a.t.o. >> while the government moved to implement the geneva agreement, russia has done the opposite. let's listen to that. >> i have to say to you not one single step has been taken by russia in any public way that seriously attempts to lively the spirit or the law of what was assigned in that agreement. in fact, it's fair to say they have escalated the crisis further. >>...
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is helping to make progress on trade and security available thompson berlin with chancellor angela merkel expected to discuss how they and other leaders of the group of seven nations can cooperate over the situation in ukraine before reading on the toronto said he wanted to work with european leaders to resolve the crisis peacefully he helps improve security cooperation with the germans be someone calls japan's pro active contribution to peace over the next week. abbott will also visit britain portugal spain france and belgium. the european union added fifteen more people to its sanctions list for their role in the crisis in ukraine they include general valerie dear awesome auntie for the russian general staff and russian deputy prime minister to meet recalls that. eu representatives say the move was in response to russia's failure to take concrete action to reduce tensions in ukraine. also on the list is danny's push allin of pro russian leader in ukraine's eastern region of donetsk it's believed he has contacts with the group occupying local government offices that the new. and the unit
is helping to make progress on trade and security available thompson berlin with chancellor angela merkel expected to discuss how they and other leaders of the group of seven nations can cooperate over the situation in ukraine before reading on the toronto said he wanted to work with european leaders to resolve the crisis peacefully he helps improve security cooperation with the germans be someone calls japan's pro active contribution to peace over the next week. abbott will also visit britain...
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i'll try to merkel heading to washington this friday what do you think is going to happen there is the u.s. going to push for further sanctions. i can hear you really it's something we're having some technical people here voice dr alexander annoyed german m.p. so sorry we couldn't hear you really wanted to hear what you had to say about that . well ukraine is preparing to hold presidential elections like we said in this chaos while iraq has been doing so for the last several years now and today the iraqis were voting again up to four people have been killed in terror attack outside polling stations across the country on wednesday this absolute week's death toll of more than seventy people and it's not really that bad when you bear in mind that more than two hundred people die in unprecedented sectarian violence every week in total almost four thousand lives have been lost since this january two thousand and thirteen it was the deadliest for five years with more than nine thousand people killed all of this following american troops withdrawal in two thousand and eleven by the way take a
i'll try to merkel heading to washington this friday what do you think is going to happen there is the u.s. going to push for further sanctions. i can hear you really it's something we're having some technical people here voice dr alexander annoyed german m.p. so sorry we couldn't hear you really wanted to hear what you had to say about that . well ukraine is preparing to hold presidential elections like we said in this chaos while iraq has been doing so for the last several years now and today...
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whistleblower edward snowden receives an award for truth telling all german chancellor angela merkel will visit the white house just months after it was revealed that the n.s.a. spied on her more on those stories coming up. and oklahoma was the scene of a horrific botched execution the state's governor called for a review of the incident and the state's usage of lethal injections more on that later in the show. it's wednesday april thirtieth five pm here in washington d.c. islands in france you're watching our team america. with midterm elections only about six months away pollsters are firing up the telephone lines to get a read on how the american public feels about its elected officials and more importantly how would it stacks to vote for them at this point republicans hold a majority of seats in the house of representatives the same is true for democrats in the senate in the november elections republicans are expected to hold onto the house but need six need to pick up six seats to win control of the senate take a look at this a new rasmussen national survey finds that fifty thre
whistleblower edward snowden receives an award for truth telling all german chancellor angela merkel will visit the white house just months after it was revealed that the n.s.a. spied on her more on those stories coming up. and oklahoma was the scene of a horrific botched execution the state's governor called for a review of the incident and the state's usage of lethal injections more on that later in the show. it's wednesday april thirtieth five pm here in washington d.c. islands in france...
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. >> they have a lot of energy, germany, angela merkel one of her big problems is that her country really likes the energy coming out of russia. >> that's true. it's up to the united states and the west. we have plenty of energy resources. all we have to do is start using them intelligently. and reduce the dependency of western europe on russian gas. >> see, i see it as even a larger issue in that, you know, while all the focus is on ukraine and what he is doing there is that last year when president obama drew the red line with syria and that back fired and he sort of outsourced and ling the chemical weapons in syria to putin, putin then was supposedly going to help us. now we hear that there is chlorine gas used about a month ago against civilians. it sounds like either we are foolish or there has been some double dealing or whatever. i see that sort of inroads in syria and a bigger problem for israel and sort of expanding in the region. that's what i see is even a larger issue. >> it's even bigger thansrki that in my view. the problem is you you know you can -- if you go back through
. >> they have a lot of energy, germany, angela merkel one of her big problems is that her country really likes the energy coming out of russia. >> that's true. it's up to the united states and the west. we have plenty of energy resources. all we have to do is start using them intelligently. and reduce the dependency of western europe on russian gas. >> see, i see it as even a larger issue in that, you know, while all the focus is on ukraine and what he is doing there is that...
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merkel the chancellor merkel has been talk to prove more than any other western leaders tearing up during this whole crisis and the prez obama wants to pressure pressure her to apply more sanctions of course overpopulation is a lil bit weird to do that sort of thing. um but ukraine is autistic and are times for the nsa is autistic and dominate this this conversation she's facing a lot of pressure back home others calls for her to demand the nsa file on her ears cause her to enter into an agreement with united states and no spider in it like five by the us canada uk australia and you have. but those are likely to happen so they don't have high oaks the germans don't have high hopes that this will have read and you can see breakthroughs. but it's not an issue she can ignore what's going to kill her anger at least we know exactly how she felt so we'll see what the press release a shower and then back at that meeting coming up by thinking it might come to that the governor of oklahoma has called for a review of the botched execution over a prison inmate in her state last night thirty eight ye
merkel the chancellor merkel has been talk to prove more than any other western leaders tearing up during this whole crisis and the prez obama wants to pressure pressure her to apply more sanctions of course overpopulation is a lil bit weird to do that sort of thing. um but ukraine is autistic and are times for the nsa is autistic and dominate this this conversation she's facing a lot of pressure back home others calls for her to demand the nsa file on her ears cause her to enter into an...
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japanese prime minister since the law then has agreed to work together with german chancellor angela merkel to resolve the crisis in ukraine ave is on the six nation tour of europe the two leaders met for an hour in berlin and held a joint news conference on wednesday. gemini is the first stop on this tour they called the talks very significant he said they discussed ukraine and cooperation in security economic and social fields as well as human and intellectual exchanges. i know it we reached agreement on urging russia to play a responsible role in the international community all like to expect the odd coupling and it might really have closely watched in ukraine. we expect the president a lexington to go smoothly on a twenty five it's a good thing she threw up in place emergency support of more than four hundred fifteen thousand dollars to the council of europe. he also offered about six hundred nine thousand dollars to international monitors in ukraine where do with the organization for security and cooperation in europe tokyo police i investigating the connection between gun as ambassado
japanese prime minister since the law then has agreed to work together with german chancellor angela merkel to resolve the crisis in ukraine ave is on the six nation tour of europe the two leaders met for an hour in berlin and held a joint news conference on wednesday. gemini is the first stop on this tour they called the talks very significant he said they discussed ukraine and cooperation in security economic and social fields as well as human and intellectual exchanges. i know it we reached...
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angela merkel not in berlin, she is in d.c. d.c.e will be landing in later today, she first meets a group of senators. look for senators to pressure angela merkel on how you pressure vladimir putin on ukraine. it is going to dominate the discussion. she meets with obama tomorrow and then christine lagarde. willis merkel and obama, they make nice after some difficult relationships over the nsa allegations, tapping of her personal phone. >> which network do you think the merkel phone uses in the u.s.? >> you have got to go with t-mobile, 60% owned by deutsche telekom. we will watch to see but happens at the open, stocks are not trading here today but we will see what happens with t-mobile and sprint. an interview later on on bloomberg west with john legere, president and ceo of t-mobile. maybe we can press him on whether or not he wants the job of a merged company, sprint and t-mobile. >> thank you very much indeed, hans nichols. it for "the pulse," we will be back tomorrow. now it is "surveillance." ♪ kieve east slips away fro
angela merkel not in berlin, she is in d.c. d.c.e will be landing in later today, she first meets a group of senators. look for senators to pressure angela merkel on how you pressure vladimir putin on ukraine. it is going to dominate the discussion. she meets with obama tomorrow and then christine lagarde. willis merkel and obama, they make nice after some difficult relationships over the nsa allegations, tapping of her personal phone. >> which network do you think the merkel phone uses...
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. >> we have news of a phone call between angela merkel and putin. angela merkel is calling for help to free the military observes in ukraine. we were telling you about those. also president putin suggesting the withdraw of kiev's military unit from the southeast ukraine would be required. an end to the violence there and launch of national dialogue is also a point lavrov, the russian foreign minister was making a couple hours achlth that's the latest between the phone call between angela merkel and vladimir putin. >>> one of the great marine sites of the world could be lifted as a world heritage site in danger. that's the threat from the u.n. unesco because it's worried about the great barrier reef following the decision of dumping of millions of tons of sludge in this area. the government itself says it's committed to protecting the site. so it should be. stay with us here on bbc world news. still to come. a bit of a tango with a mango. why trade relations have been souring over imports of one of the kings of fruit. ♪ find yourself. in an accomod
. >> we have news of a phone call between angela merkel and putin. angela merkel is calling for help to free the military observes in ukraine. we were telling you about those. also president putin suggesting the withdraw of kiev's military unit from the southeast ukraine would be required. an end to the violence there and launch of national dialogue is also a point lavrov, the russian foreign minister was making a couple hours achlth that's the latest between the phone call between angela...
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he told that that german chancellor angela merkel. what are they saying about that. >> >> oppositions have hardened since the government in kiev announced more than onces it was going to carry out this anti terror operation, announce said a relaunch and a second phase. that's when the deaths happened here and the positions hardened. can the ukrainian military just pull out? i don't think so, because at the same time, the interim government needs to be showing it's supporters that it's able to carry out something, and able to at least try to put some law and order in this part of the country, which will be very difficult. >> thank you very much. >> the situation in ukraine is expected to top the agenda as german chancellor angela merkel arrives in washington today for two days of meetings. tonight, she will dine with u.s. senators, tomorrow meet with president obama. german officials say she will discuss the possibility of further sanctions against russia with the president. >> there are new concerns this morning that some of the victi
he told that that german chancellor angela merkel. what are they saying about that. >> >> oppositions have hardened since the government in kiev announced more than onces it was going to carry out this anti terror operation, announce said a relaunch and a second phase. that's when the deaths happened here and the positions hardened. can the ukrainian military just pull out? i don't think so, because at the same time, the interim government needs to be showing it's supporters that...
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merkel asked putin to help get them free. the two sides seem further apart than ever. >>> david stern is in kiev. daniel is in moscow. first of all, it's got provocation to cold war isn't it with this detaining of the attache. what's coming of that? >> there's not much information. there's been an arrest or detention. that has been confirmed in the conversation i had with the ukrainian foreign ministry spokesperson. the person has been asked to leave the country. this is supposed to happen within 24 hours since he was detained yesterday. we expect he'll leave some point today. we don't know anything about what exactly he's accused of or the circumstances of his detention. we do know he was a naval military attache. he has been accused of engaging in activities not in accordance with his job description. >> the acting president describing ukrainian forces as being helpless as to what's happening in the east of the country. there's been a military alert overnight in kiev. talk us through that. >> reporter: well, yes, we've had
merkel asked putin to help get them free. the two sides seem further apart than ever. >>> david stern is in kiev. daniel is in moscow. first of all, it's got provocation to cold war isn't it with this detaining of the attache. what's coming of that? >> there's not much information. there's been an arrest or detention. that has been confirmed in the conversation i had with the ukrainian foreign ministry spokesperson. the person has been asked to leave the country. this is supposed...
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german chancellor angela merkel visits washington this week for meetings with president obama and ukraine is expected to be the number one topic. both leaders are meeting in an effort to show the west is united in its resolve to take even tougher measures against russia if necessary. elections in iraq, the iraqi prime minister is crediting voters with delivering a slap in the face of terrorism by turning out in large numbers for parliamentary elections. today's remarks reflect nouri al-maliki's confidence that he will eventually get another term. the turnout was estimated to have been 60% excluding volatile areas where there was no balloting. those are some of the latest headlines on c-span radio. years, c-span brings public affairs events from washington directly to you, putting you in the room at congressional hearings, white house events, briefings and conferences and offering complete apple ii gavel coverage of the u.s. house all is up public service of private industry. we are c-span, created by the cable tv industry 35 years ago and brought to you as a public service by your local c
german chancellor angela merkel visits washington this week for meetings with president obama and ukraine is expected to be the number one topic. both leaders are meeting in an effort to show the west is united in its resolve to take even tougher measures against russia if necessary. elections in iraq, the iraqi prime minister is crediting voters with delivering a slap in the face of terrorism by turning out in large numbers for parliamentary elections. today's remarks reflect nouri al-maliki's...
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japanese prime minister shinzo abe met in berlin with german chancellor angela merkel. >> translator: we reached an agreement to urge russia to play a responsible role in the international community. >> reporter: the u.s. and european union have been trying to pressure putin by broadening sanctions against senior russian officials and companies. >> the european borders cannot, will not be changed through political intimidation or military force. and we have to be resolute in imposing cost. >> reporter: russian leaders have denied they're behind the turmoil. and they've criticized the sanctions. they say they won't retaliate, yet. foreign minister sergei lavrov says they want to give others the opportunity to calm down. but things seem far from calm on the ground in eastern ukraine. as the separatists expand their reach. government troops stay well away, manning checkpoints on the outskirts of the occupied region. to make matters worse, ukraine is deeply in debt. the international monetary fund has thrown it a $17 billion lifeline. >> we are trying to improve the situation so that the
japanese prime minister shinzo abe met in berlin with german chancellor angela merkel. >> translator: we reached an agreement to urge russia to play a responsible role in the international community. >> reporter: the u.s. and european union have been trying to pressure putin by broadening sanctions against senior russian officials and companies. >> the european borders cannot, will not be changed through political intimidation or military force. and we have to be resolute in...
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vladimir putin discussed the ongoing ukrainian crisis over the phone with the german chancellor angela merkel has requested russia's help in efforts to the release the. observers who are being detained in eastern ukraine meanwhile ukraine's state security and special forces have held military drills in the capital under the cover of night armored vehicles were seen passing through the streets of kiev armed men were reportedly spotted entering the parliament building but despite this the country's defense ministry deny is the government took part in any operation this comes after ukraine's interim prime minister admitted the government is unable to hold the rest that's been overwhelming in the country's southeast and government buildings in more than a dozen cities there remain under the control of pro autonomy actually bit off policy eight hundred restive region for. more and more local administration buildings and police stations in the south and east of the country are being taken over the city of gloucester where i am is just the latest what's strange is that people walk past these barrica
vladimir putin discussed the ongoing ukrainian crisis over the phone with the german chancellor angela merkel has requested russia's help in efforts to the release the. observers who are being detained in eastern ukraine meanwhile ukraine's state security and special forces have held military drills in the capital under the cover of night armored vehicles were seen passing through the streets of kiev armed men were reportedly spotted entering the parliament building but despite this the...
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ukraine and russia, but it wasn't only vladimir putin making demands in that phone call, chancellor merkel would like to see vladimir putin help to obtain the release of foreign monitors held by separatist forces in the east of ukraine. at the same time, russia's foreign minister sergey lavrov, who's on a foreign visit said kiev government needs to be holding dialogue with southern and eastern regions of ukraine and his ministry's put out a statement calling plans by kiev to hold a referendum on national unit alongside the presidential poll may 25. they call that cynical and a sham. they've said that that can't happen while kiev launches military operations to in their words against their own people, but i wouldn't be surprised if the kiev government would say well, what's not possible right now is dialogue between us and those cities where the government buildings are being occupied by those very same separatist forces. >> there was a may day rale earlier. did the ukrainian crisis feature much there? >> to an extent, the main theme as it always is, is labor rights, and the importance of w
ukraine and russia, but it wasn't only vladimir putin making demands in that phone call, chancellor merkel would like to see vladimir putin help to obtain the release of foreign monitors held by separatist forces in the east of ukraine. at the same time, russia's foreign minister sergey lavrov, who's on a foreign visit said kiev government needs to be holding dialogue with southern and eastern regions of ukraine and his ministry's put out a statement calling plans by kiev to hold a referendum...
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. >> chancellor merkel will be in washington right? who has hade excellent relations with vladimir putin up until this point. they're going to have ukraine at the top of their agenda and russia the top of their agenda. hear howresting to aggressive she is. qwest thank you. interview with that from washington. the ford ceo is calling it quits. stick with us and we will talk to him next. motoro of the ford company. if you missed any of our interviews, you can watch them both. on apple tv. you can also watch is on-demand or streaming live. the internet is a good place to -- us. here in ♪ >> winning the hearts and the wallets of business, travelers is no easy task. we will talk to someone doing that in just a moment. i believe we will talk right now with drew armstrong first. breaking news. pfizer comparing their $106 billion move. what if you got with this story. it is a pretty hefty price tag. like pfizer is preparing to raise its offer by $6 billion. waiting to go up next week here they will get things a little richer and try to bring
. >> chancellor merkel will be in washington right? who has hade excellent relations with vladimir putin up until this point. they're going to have ukraine at the top of their agenda and russia the top of their agenda. hear howresting to aggressive she is. qwest thank you. interview with that from washington. the ford ceo is calling it quits. stick with us and we will talk to him next. motoro of the ford company. if you missed any of our interviews, you can watch them both. on apple tv....
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angela merkel will talk about the possibilities of sanctions with russia. >> in pakistan, the taliban has frequently targeted girls a schools in the north. more than 400 schools have been destroyed by that group. but since they have pushed the taliban out, more than 300 of them have been rebuilt. >> this footage captures the moment the taliban bombed the school. during the two years the armed group ruled the northern region, it destroyed more than 400 schools, many of them for girls. the reason the group said at the time was simple. the primary and secondary institutions were providing education that was too western, and non-islamic. today, the situation is very different. after the taliban was pushed out of the area by the military in 2009, more than 350 schools have been reconstructed with the help of foreign governments and international aid agencies. she's in the tenth grade. and she's happy to be back in the classroom. >> when the taliban was in control, they made us so afraid. i didn't go to school for two years. now they are gone, and we can get an education without fear. >> re
angela merkel will talk about the possibilities of sanctions with russia. >> in pakistan, the taliban has frequently targeted girls a schools in the north. more than 400 schools have been destroyed by that group. but since they have pushed the taliban out, more than 300 of them have been rebuilt. >> this footage captures the moment the taliban bombed the school. during the two years the armed group ruled the northern region, it destroyed more than 400 schools, many of them for...
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out a diplomatic solution japanese primeisr shinzo of a myth in berlin with german chancellor uncle a merkel. president bush said the state tv when you reach an agreement to urge russia to play in response to rule in the international community the us and european union have been trying to pressure put on by broadening sanctions against senior russian officials and companies. european borders cannot will not be changed through political and intimidation or military force. we have to be resolute in imposing costs. russian leaders have denied their behind the turmoil in to criticize the sanctions they say they won't retaliate songs yet it was solution to the swiss foreign minister sergei lavrov says they want o give others the opportunity to calm down he seemed far from home on the ground in eastern ukraine as the separatists expand their reach. government troops stay well away manng checkpoints on the outskirts of the occupied region to make matters worse ukraine is deeply and dad the international monetary fund is thrown in the seventeen billion dollar lifeline. we are trying to improve the
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all right well german chancellor angela merkel is making her first visit to washington d.c. since two thousand and eleven she's arriving to the nation's capital today and will be meeting with president obama early tomorrow for a lunch meeting focused on international and economic issues this will be the first meeting between the two leaders since the news broke last october that the n.s.a. had been surveilling merkel's phone calls and e-mail communications through her cell phone there's no doubt that tensions still exist between. marcal and obama over the issue so is unlikely to carry any weight in the conversation joining me to discuss what we can expect is holger stark is the senior washington correspondent for der spiegel and the author of a new book the n.s.a. complex over thanks for joining me i have so i want to first rewind back to october when the story first broke it was quite a big deal we saw germany do a number of things in the aftermath everything from call president obama have a personal phone call to submit a list of questions that they demanded answers to and
all right well german chancellor angela merkel is making her first visit to washington d.c. since two thousand and eleven she's arriving to the nation's capital today and will be meeting with president obama early tomorrow for a lunch meeting focused on international and economic issues this will be the first meeting between the two leaders since the news broke last october that the n.s.a. had been surveilling merkel's phone calls and e-mail communications through her cell phone there's no...
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he made the suggestion in a phone call with on july merkel. chancellor merkel is on her way to washington were meeting with president obama. on theook has the latest crisis. including the view from one of russia's baltic neighbors. is right. vladimir putin's call for ukraine to remove military from its own territory took us got from the white house. calling a preposterous and the white house press secretary. the country's acting president can seize. the government is losing control of the eastern part of the country to progress in nationalist. storming the regional prosecutor's office today, the .atest sign of the unrest the latest confrontation in eastern ukraine. 50 people being held hostage in those facilities. including eight observers from the organization for security operation in europe. terkel asked him to help when the release of the monitors. a scene from the past in moscow. vladimir putin being praised. meeting with vice president biden. i asked her if she thinks vice president putin is trying to bash the vice president trying to re
he made the suggestion in a phone call with on july merkel. chancellor merkel is on her way to washington were meeting with president obama. on theook has the latest crisis. including the view from one of russia's baltic neighbors. is right. vladimir putin's call for ukraine to remove military from its own territory took us got from the white house. calling a preposterous and the white house press secretary. the country's acting president can seize. the government is losing control of the...
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he told me he went back and repainted the eyes of german chancellor angela merkel, making them softer because he likes her. perhaps other world leaders he didn't care for as much. i was here not to chat about the aesthetic choices he made on his merkel canvas but because he knows i cover a lot of veterans issues. 16 wounded warriors are joining the commander in chief, including a u.s. army officer who became the first female soldier to lose a limb in the iraq war. her determination has become an irresistible force for motivation for countless amputees. she joins me now. such an honor, lieutenant. great to see you out there. >> great. fun time. >> how did it go compared to 2012. >> i did. in 2012, just like two years ago, we had a team, a camaraderie. it's team melissa. any sort of hills they get me up, complete the ride safely. to be out here with these other wounded warriors and the president, it's sure rereal. >> you're an outstanding athlete. i took a couple spills on the bike ride today. i did do that. that's not fair because you're a paralympian, a three-time world champion. beca
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had been surveilling merkel's phone calls and. e-mail communications through her cell phone there is no doubt that tensions still exist between merkel and obama over the issue so is it likely to carry any weight in their conversation to discuss this visit i was joined earlier by holger stark he's the senior washington correspondent for der spiegel and the author of a new book the n.s.a. complex and first asked him to describe the tension surrounding the visit. as a deep disappointment on miracles and not so much about the fact that she's been targeted she see this as a part of professional business it's how president obama handled this affair last summer when the first snowden documents came out merkel send a delegation to washington to find out what really had happened in germany and those people came back and said we got the assurance that there has been nothing done against german interests no german law has been broken and they believe that america's chief of staff stood in front of the cameras and said there is no such an n.s
had been surveilling merkel's phone calls and. e-mail communications through her cell phone there is no doubt that tensions still exist between merkel and obama over the issue so is it likely to carry any weight in their conversation to discuss this visit i was joined earlier by holger stark he's the senior washington correspondent for der spiegel and the author of a new book the n.s.a. complex and first asked him to describe the tension surrounding the visit. as a deep disappointment on...
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. >> thank you >> woodruff: russian president vladimir putin today told german chancellor angela merkel that ukraine must remove its military from the country's southeastern region to resolve the showdown with pro-russian militants. this comes after the acting ukrainian president said his government's security forces had lost control of the area. james mates of independent television news reports from donetsk. >> reporter: they must have guessed what was coming. in a rare show of resistance, well-equipped, but clearly nervous, riot police decide to take a stand as a pro-russia may day march approaches. and in moments, it starts. sheer weight of numbers, driving the police back. first, they release some tear gas, but much too close to their own lines to be effective. then come stun grenades, thrown repeatedly into the crowd. it drove them back all right, but incited even greater fury. the police position was becoming completely untenable. they were forced back inside the building. this is the last official building, the last government office in donetsk that was still showing any loyalty
. >> thank you >> woodruff: russian president vladimir putin today told german chancellor angela merkel that ukraine must remove its military from the country's southeastern region to resolve the showdown with pro-russian militants. this comes after the acting ukrainian president said his government's security forces had lost control of the area. james mates of independent television news reports from donetsk. >> reporter: they must have guessed what was coming. in a rare show...
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and also close to rug president vladimir putin, talked to him today, how important is angle merkel in this process? >> she is critical to any european response. there needs to be a transatlantic, response, and in fact, i would argue proactive steps not even just responding but on the european side of the relationship, germany is the key player. let me talk a little bit about the state department told us earlier this week, that there in juneson with the e.u., but you know, there are real erequests about whether or not germany and the united states and the e.u. are all together on this, what do you think. >> right. >> i think you have to look at it in difference pieces. in terms of the analysis, this is clear russian aggression against a neighbor, intervening militarily, we have exactly the same analysis. the difference is begin to come up is what do you do about it. the quite is willing to go down the road of very tough sanctions against them in order to create some pain on the russian economy. and putin directly to get him to want to change the policies. >> what else -- >> go ahead. >
and also close to rug president vladimir putin, talked to him today, how important is angle merkel in this process? >> she is critical to any european response. there needs to be a transatlantic, response, and in fact, i would argue proactive steps not even just responding but on the european side of the relationship, germany is the key player. let me talk a little bit about the state department told us earlier this week, that there in juneson with the e.u., but you know, there are real...